蔡珂宜｜陈钢《阳光照耀着塔什库尔干》｜Chloe Chua·Violin & Sunshine Over Tashkurgan2023.11.10-11

合集 · Chloe Chua 蔡珂宜 (29)

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Sunshine Over Tashkurgan ‪ChloeChuaviolinist‬

Singapore Symphony
7月25日2026年
While working within the nationalistic requirements of his time, Chinese composer Chen Gang (1935 - 2026) found inspiration in folk music from the western frontier region of Xinjiang. The work 阳光照耀着塔什库尔干 ("Sunshine Over Tashkurgan", 1976) depicts the town of Tashkurgan (officially spelled Taxkorgan), near the border with Tajikistan. An ancient stop on the Silk Road, Tashkurgan’s name in Tajik means “Stone Tower”, and is a possible candidate for the Stone Tower mentioned by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy of Alexandria in his 2nd Century treatise Geographica as the midpoint of the journey between China and Europe.

In addition to using Persian-style maqams (modes), Chen worked two Tajik melodies into his composition: "Beautiful Taxkorgan" and "Spring in the Pamirs" to help evoke the Central Asian steppes and grasslands. With a majority population of Muslim Chinese Tajiks, who speak a language closely related to Persian, Tashkurgan and its Perso-Arabo-Turkic culture would have been seen as exotic by the average Han Chinese, much like the Orientalist crazes among 19th century Europeans. Originally written for violin and piano by Chen, "Sunshine Over Tashkurgan" was orchestrated by fellow Chinese composer YANG Li Qing (b.1942). The work was premiered in 1976 at the Shanghai Culture Square and immediately became a hit. (Edward C. Yong)

Chloe Chua, violin
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor ‪rodolfobarraez‬

Recorded live at the Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore on 10/11 Nov 2023.
Video & Audio: msm-productions (Singapore)
Cover Photo: Joel Low

蔡珂宜｜ 陈钢《阳光照耀着塔什库尔干》｜Chloe Chua·Violin & Sunshine Over Tashkurgan2023.11.10-11

合集 · Chloe Chua 蔡珂宜 (29)

蔡珂宜｜陈钢《阳光照耀着塔什库尔干》｜Chloe Chua·Violin & Sunshine Over Tashkurgan2023.11.10-11